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The question, " what oil should I use" seems to come up often on this forum. I propose that any well made engine will run for a vey long time as long as you use a modern oil and filter that the engine is spec'd for and follow the OCI recommendation of the manufacturer. Filler caps have the...

I keep hearing posters here refer to engines as being easy on oil or hard on oil. While I understand this to mean the oil will be expected to last longer than usual or not, exactly what criteria are these posters basing this knowledge on? what determines whether an engine is easy or hard on oil...

Opinions wanted: for a 5k OCI, what is the best bang for the buck, oil and filter combo. I live in the NE and drive moderately in a Toyoyta Corolla. SS

I took the plunge and went and used the motortcraft 5w20 semisyn in my 07 Corolla. Can't really hear or feel any difference. Does anyone know what percentage of this oil is syn? Judging by the price it can't be much, so is it really worth the few extra bucks over the mobil 5k ? SS

Ok, in a nutshell, I am thinking since I only drive about 10K per year in my 07 corolla, is it ok if I run Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30 with a pure one filter for this entire OCI? It would be nice just to do a change once a year, in the summer! SS

Opinions wanted. I have an 07 Corolla CE 1.8L Oil cap and manual both say 5W-30. I live in Western NY. I have a 5 qt jug of Motorcraft 5W-20 semi-synthetic oil. The car has 70k miles and out of warranty. Engine uses no oil. Is this a good oil choice for this car, this time of year? Of course...

My wife purchased the environmental protection pkg from the toyota dealer for her new Venza. It included rustproofing and undercoating and some sort of gloss coating over the finish. Do we need to wax the car with this new gloss protectant? Slippery sam

Does any one have any experience with these engines? Do they require special attention as far as oil changes. My wife has her eye on one of these babies. balbrec2 aka; SS

I've heard it here many times that because 5w-30 shears down to a 20 anyway that one should just start out with a 5w-20 from the beginning. Well doesn't the 5w-20 shear down as well? won't you end up with something less than a 20 weight.Or is there some property to the 5w-20 that makes it less...

Has any one here ever run some plain ole 5w-30 or 10w-30 store brand oils such as super tech or advance auto and then sent in for a UOA. I'm curious how it turned out. The purpose would be , I guess to prove that even the cheap stuff can work very well in your engine. Seems to me its more...

Just curious, how many of you out there round up to the next quart on your oil changes? for example if your manual says 4.6 qts w/ filter, do you, should you just put in 5 qts? Does it matter to some engines and not others? The possible problems I see are foaming and or difficult starting in...

Hi Gang, Been lurking for a while and love the knowledge in these forums. What I've been wondering lately is, I have a 2000 Honda Accord with a 3.0 v-6. Been a great car and a great engine so far. It has 128,000 miles to date and I live in Western NY. Always had the oil changed for free at the...